How we change the payment method for Apple subscriptions or how to add a bank card from iPhone

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In order to buy applications, App Store games, listen to music in Apple Music or make an iCloud+subscription, we need to add in the Apple account a credit or debit card as a payment method for Apple subscriptions.

Applications and games in the App Store for iPhone, iPad or Mac can only be bought if we have a payment method in the Apple account. This can be: with a card bancar, Apple Pay or with the phone number (for certain countries).
Some applications and games are bought only once, but developers prefer to make monthly, semester or annual subscriptions, and once you have made such a subscriber to a game or an application, the money on the card will be automatically debited according to the payment cycle selected by you at the time of purchase. The same is the case with Apple Music, Apple Arcade and Apple iCloud+subscriptions. The money is withdrawn monthly or annually, depending on how you wanted to make the subscription. They are called recurrent payments.

How to add a debit or credit card for Apple subscriptions

In order to make such payments for subscriptions, as I said above you need to add a valid bank card to your Apple account.

1. We go on the iPhone in "Settings"Then at Apple ID. It is the first option at the top of the set of settings, where the profile picture appears and the name.

Settings Apple ID
Settings Apple ID

2. In Apple Id we go to the settings ”Payment & Shipping” .

Payment & Shipping
Payment & Shipping

3. Din “Payment & Shipping” avem posibilitatea sa adaugam o noua metoda de plata, un nou card bancar, sa editam un card deja existent sau sa-l eliminam din Apple ID.
To add a new debit or credit card, we go to "Add Payment Method".

Payment method
Add Payment Method

4. At "Add Payment Method" we close the card data carefully from which we want to pay to the purchase of the App Store or for Apple subscriptions.

Add Payment
Add Payment

Press "Done" when you finish enter all the data.

The payment method is also Apple Pay. To use Apple Pay we need to have one or more cards added to the Wallet application. Find out here how you can add a card to Apple Pay.

How to delete a credit or debit card from Apple ID

If we have recurrent payments of subscriptions such as Apple Music, Apple Arcade or iCloud+, before we delete an Apple ID card it is good to have another payment method, before we eliminate the existence.

We go to step 3 above, press the card already added, then at the bottom we have the option "Remove Payment Method“.

I've been writing passionately since 2004 about Windows and Linux operating systems, and since 2010 I've become a fan of Apple University. I'm currently writing tutorials for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and other Apple devices.

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